The Bruins increased their conference lead to five points over idle second-place Pittsburgh by posting their longest since a 10-game run in November 2011. Boston is 12-1-2 in its last 15 games.

Loui Eriksson and Reilly Smith also scored for Boston, which beat the Wild at home for the first time after losing the first six meetings. The Bruins are 3-10 overall against the Wild, who began play in the 2000-01 season.

Jason Pominville had the only goal for Minnesota, which lost for the fifth time in six games, but three of those defeats came in shootouts. Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves, but let in a weak goal on Iginla's first of the game.

The Bruins grabbed a 1-0 lead 3:52 into the second period when Iginla scored. His shot was blocked by the stick of defenseman Jonas Brodin and popped into the air. Kuemper appeared to lose sight of the puck and it bounced between his pads just before he dropped.

Iginla was smiling along the boards when his teammates came to congratulate him. Iginla added an empty-netter, his team-leading 25th goal, with 65 seconds to play.

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